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Click here to subscribePair of Cedric Hartman (b. 1929) Brass and Steel Adjustable Floor Lamps, c. 1970s, Omaha, NE, stamped "Cedric Hartman" mark to bases, h. 36 in. to 50 in., w. 20 1/2 in., d. 19 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
Warren Platner (1919-2006) for Knoll Bronzed Steel and Glass Dining Table, late 20th/21st c., designed 1966, beveled top, h. 27 1/2 in., dia. 50 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. Sept. 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
Two-Piece Slip Covered L-Shaped Sofa and Swivel Chair by Lee Ledbetter & Associates, 21st c., New Orleans, Holly Hunt twill fabric, sofa h. 29 in., w. 115 in., d. 35 1/2 in. and w. 87 in., d. 36 in.; chair h. 28 in., w. 30 3/4 in., d. 31 1/2 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018.
Set of Nine Throw Pillows, 21st c., incl. 7 "hair", 14 in. x 14 in., and 2 "fur", 20 in. x 20 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
George Nelson (1908-1996) for Herman Miller Aluminum and Laminate Pedestal Side Table, 2000, Zeeland, MI, "Herman Miller" labels, h. 22 in., dia. 17 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
Pair of Hollywood Regency-Style Gilt Metal and Glass Occasional Tables, 20th c., h. 20 in., dia. 16 1/2 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
Painted Wood and Enameled Metal Coffee Table, 20th c., oval top, h. 15 in., w. 50 in., d. 25 1/2 in. Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018
Four Richard Schultz (b. 1926) for Knoll Powder-Coated Aluminum and Vinyl Coated Polyester Mesh "1966 Collection" Adjustable Chaises and One Table, 20th c., tagged, designed in 1966 as the "Leisure Line", chaises with cast aluminum wheels, rubber tires; table with enameled top, chaise h. (flat) 14 1/2 in., l. 76 in., w. 26 3/4 in.; table h. 15 1/2 in., w. 18 in., d. 18 in. (5 pcs.). Ill.: Read, Mimi. "A Historic Greek Revival Residence in New Orleans Is Refreshed to Embody a Sleek and Sophisticated Space." Architectural Digest. September 2012. www.architecturaldigest.com. Accessed May 30, 2018.
BIBLE [Lyons 1526 Vulgate] Textus Biblie . . . engraved pictorial title printed in red & black & almost all within decorated 'architectural' borders', a full-page illus. (beginning NT.) of evangelists' symbols surrounding Christ the King, some (small) other illus. - mostly as initial letters & 2 larger of St. Jerome; (24), 600, (55) ff.; lacks only final leaf (of an index section); old vellum, ms. titles, thick cr. 8vo. Lyons: Jacobum Mareschal als. Roland, 1526. * includes the printer's large pictorial device (verso fol. 600) after end of main text.
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso, collation: a8, A-Z8, Aa-Ll8, Mm10, 2A-E8, F6, title and printer's device within woodcut architectural border, beginning of each canto within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking final ? blank f., title laid down, 19th century vellum, 2 purple morocco labels to spine, some staining and spotting, light browned, 4to, (254 x 180mm.), Venice, Giorgio Angelieri, 1585.⁂ Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 2809.
Imperiale (Giovanni) Musæum Historicum et Physicum, 2 parts in 1, engraved architectural title, engraved portraits, some water-staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, later vellum, small 4to, Venice, House of Giunta, 1640.⁂ The first part advances the theory that celebrated or successful men would have used their physical attributes to develop their achievements.
A German Mantel Clock, of architectural form, the eight day movement by Junghans, striking on a gong and chiming on rods, the gilt metal dial with silvered chapter ring with Arabic numerals. The walnut case with urn surmount and finials, mounted with ribbon and floral swags, caryatids flanking the dial, raised on claw feet. Measures 52 cm high, 36 cm wide and 21 cm deep.
LATE VICTORIAN BLACK SLATE ARCHITECTURAL TWO TRAIN MANTEL CLOCK having black Roman chapter ring around exposed dead beat escapement, the case with gilt metal mask and gadroon mounts, brass drum movement striking on gong, together with a pair of very similar black slate, metal mounted, yellow metal urn shaped supporters with Sphinx handles. A near garniture. The clock 45cm high approx., the supporters 38cm high. (3)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Exceedingly grubby and dirty, no obvious damage or losses, request detailed condition report.
COMMANDER C.T. JELLICOE, RN, A COLLECTION OF ITEMS RELATING TO THIS OFFICER AND HIS RELATIVE (possibly father) Thomas Harry Lee Jellicoe, Rector of St Peters, Chailey. To include; First World War war medal, victory medal, dress miniatures and chaplains badge, together with a yellow metal table clock in architectural style with silvered Roman face bearing inscription 'presented to the Reverend T.H.L Jellicoe, Rector of Chailey' etc and a large silver cigarette case inscribed 'HMS London Lieutenant Commander C.T Jellicoe RN from the Vice Admiral, Captain and Officers of the HMS London 16538', a silver vesta case engraved 'C.T Jellicoe', a silver cigarette case with initials C.T.J, a silver inkwell stand engraved 'Commander C.T Jellicoe RN from ASDC staff 1941' and a miniature oak ships rum barrel, containing another small rum barrel bearing tablet from the Teak of HMS Iron Duke, Admiral Jellicoe's flagship Jutland 1916. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: On request
Cato (Marcus Porcius), Marcus Terentius Varro, Junius Moderatus Columella and Rutilius Taurus Palladius. Libri de re rustica, collation: AA6 A8 B6 a-t8 v6 x8, title and woodcut printer's device within woodcut composite architectural border, woodcut diagrams and criblé initials, a few small stains, occasional spotting, 17th century calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, covers scuffed and marked, a solid copy, [not in Adams], [Paris], Badius Ascensius, 1529; and a 1533 edition of the same, printed by Antoine Augerau for Jean Petit and Galliot du Pre, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition dates 1920 & 1915.Literature: Neither in Adams.
Xenophon. Xenophons treatise of householde, collation: A-H8, printed entirely in black letter except "To the reader" on title-verso in Roman, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initial, lower half of colophon leaf H8 cut away but no loss of text, [STC 26069], Imprinted at London in Flete-strete, by Thomas Berthelet printer to the kynges most noble grace, 1532; bound with Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N2, printed entirely in black letter, title within same woodcut architectural border as first work, woodcut initial, E4 torn with slight loss of text, I2 torn at inner margin just touching text, several leaves towards end with passages inked out and some early annotations/corrections, some light water-staining, [STC 10995.5], Imprinted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece, [?1533], together 2 works in 1, stubs of a medieval manuscript on vellum at rear, early 17th century panelled calf, rubbed, small worm-hole to lower cover, extremities worn, 8vo⁂ Two rare early English agricultural books, the second printed 10 years after Pynson's first edition of 1523 and probably the first reprint issued by Berthelet. ESTC locates 4 copies of the first work, including this one; and 7 copies of the second work, again including this one. Auction records show infrequent appearances of both works on the market, but none as early as either of these.Provenance: Henry Hills (partially erased signature to front free endpaper); John Martin of Harbrough (inscription to front free endpaper with two dates, one partially obscured, the other 1700); Colonel & Mrs Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh (early 20th century bookplate). Other contemporary annotations to rear free endpaper crossed out and indecipherable.Rothamsted acquisition date 1930.
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6, B-M8, N4, (lacking final 2 leaves, both blank), printed almost entirely in black letter, a few ink annotations to text and to front free endpaper, title within architectural woodcut border, early 20th century turquoise crushed morocco, gilt, by Holloway, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, [STC 10995.7; Fussell I, 1], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete, in the hous of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the signe of Lucrece, [?1534].⁂ An early edition of the first book on farming printed in England. William Lambarde's copy with his and subsequent family members' signatures to title. Lambarde (1536-1601) antiquary, lawyer and author of Perambulation of Kent (1570), generally recognised as the first work of British topography. Fitzherbert's work is partly based on the text of Hosbondrye by Walter of Henley (see lot 1), which Lambarde translated into English in 1577. This translation is preserved in a notebook compiled by Lambarde (Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 471, fols. 16-38), and is evidence, together with his commonplace book drawn from Columella, Varro, Palladius, Crewcentiis and Henley himself (British Library, Add MS 20709), of his great interest in agriculture. Lambarde's version was first published in 1971 (D. Oschinski, Walter of Henley, Oxford 1971, pp. 307-343). This copy is further signed by his eldest son Multon Lambarde (1584-1634) dated 1608 and then Thomas Lambarde, 1635 and Thomas Lambarde junior, 1665. The Lambarde library "remained at Sevenoaks until 1924, when it was dispersed by sale and bequest" (ODNB). Seemingly the only copy known with this imprint (ESTC S92547 citing only this copy) with "hous" and "signe" in imprint (another, dated ?1533 has "house" and "sygne". Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1920.
Surveying.- Benese (Richard) This boke sheweth the maner of measurynge of all maner of lande, as well of woodlande, as of lande in the felde, first edition, collation: +4 A-Y4 2A-2C4, entirely printed in lack letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut diagrams, many partly highlighted with red, a few ink annotations, occasional minor soiling, modern calf, [STC 1873], small 4to, Prynted in Southwarke in Saynt Thomas hospitall, by me James Nicolson, 1537.⁂ A fine and complete copy of the first edition of the second English book on surveying, which seldom appears at auction. Benese (d.1546) was the last prior of the Augustinian monastery at Merton, south London.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1932.
André Simon copy.- Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro da agricultura, collation: [cross]4 a-z8 2z8 Ɔ6 (lacking final blank), double column, title in red and black and within composite woodcut architectural border, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, lightly browned, handsome red crushed morocco, gilt, by Emile Rousselle, g.e., folio (289 x 199mm.), Alcalá de Henares, Juan de Brocar, 1539.⁂ Provenance: André Simon copy (large engraved bookplate). Rothamsted acquisition date 1932.Literature: Martín Abad, Alcalá de Henares, 292.
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N2 (lacking G4), almost entirely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, outer margin of E8 torn away with no loss of text but affecting much of contemporary ink annotation to verso, some light soiling and browning, good margins, 19th century calf with contemporary blind-stamped calf covers preserved, covers cracked and scored and slightly bowed, [STC 10996; Fussell I, pp.1-6], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, [c.1540].⁂ Rothamsted acquisition date 1916.
Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro de agricultura, collation: [cross]2 a-z8 2z8 Ɔ8, double column, title in red and black and within composite woodcut architectural border, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, lightly browned, occasional foxing, 20th century tan half calf by Loccos, g.e., folio (288 x 193mm.), Con privilegio imperial, n.p., [c.1540].⁂ The Andre Simon copy (with bookplate). Rothamstead acquisition date 1932.Literature: Simon BB 337.
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N4 (lacking final leaf N4, probably blank), almost entirely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, several leaves guarded and/or with marginal restoration but textually intact and with good margins, some soiling, modern calf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, [STC 10997.3; Fussell I, pp.1-6], 8vo, In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress. cum privilegio Ad imprimendum solum, 1544.⁂ The only copy recorded by ESTC. "The book deals exhaustively with the best principles of arable farming of the time, describes the tools and discusses the capital required, and is moreover a conspectus of the life of a contemporary farmer and his family and servants, and many of the methods are fundamentally those which all later generations of farmers must perforce follow." (Fussell).Provenance: William Taylor (contemporary ink inscription in lower margin of L6.Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.
Xenophon. Xenophons Treatise of Housholde, collation: A-H8 (lacking final blank leaf H8), printed almost entirely in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border incorporating date "1534", woodcut initial, title soiled, some light water-staining and foxing, a couple of leaves trimmed just touching side-notes, later calf, gilt, rubbed, [STC 26072], 8vo, in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress. cum privilegio Ad imprimendum solum, 1544.⁂ Translated by Gentian Hervet. Only one complete copy at auction in the last 50 years (1975).Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.
Surveying.- Fitzherbert (John) Surveyinge, collation: A-H8, largely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, early 19th century blind- and gilt-stamped russia, covers detached, [STC 11011], 8vo, in aedibus Thome Bertheleti typis impress. Cum privilegio ad imprimenduus solum, 1546. ⁂ Only 3 appearances at auction over the last 60 years; 1966, 1996 (bound with 2 other works) and 2007, £2300). Later portrait of Henry VIII pasted in as frontispiece. Bookplate of George Chetwynd.Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A-M8, printed entirely in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, some ink annotations and doodling to title and verso, some light water-staining, ink stain to verso of sig. I8, 17th century calf, head of spine chipped, [STC 10999], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, 1548.⁂ Rare early edition, only one auction record in the last 40 years, the Macclesfield copy, and that lacking 2 leaves. Provenance: William ?Morrice (ink name on title); John ?Mellor (ink name on title verso).Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.
Binding.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de Plantarum animaliumq; natura & utilitate lib. xii, collation: a6 A-Kk6 (lacking final blank), woodcut device on title, dedication leaf within fine woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, a few ink annotations, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, bound for Sigismund II, King of Poland (probably by David of Cracow) with his circular arms on upper cover within elaborate and ruled borders, the outer border incorporating portraits of Erasmus, Melancthon and others, the lower cover to a similar design but with central panel lettered "Sigismundi Augusti Regis Poloniae Monumentum Anno 1563", spine in compartments with 4 raised bands, clasps renewed, corners and spine ends repaired but overall the binding in excellent condition, folio (297 x 194mm., binding 324 x 220mm.), Basle, Heinrich Petrus, 1548.⁂ Sigismund II (1520-72), the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the Duchy of Lithuania with Poland, but died childless after 3 marriages.Provenance: "Ce Livre appartient a Pierre Jacques Sassaer" (ink inscription at foot of title).Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.Literature: Hunt 58; Simon BG 412; Adams C2390
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry..., collation: A-H8 (but lacking C8, G8 and final blank leaf H8), printed entirely in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, title soiled and with corners restored, just affecting initial to verso, some ink underlining and light marginal water-staining, 18th century calf, gilt, [STC 10999.3], 8vo, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by William Powell, dwellyng at the signe of the George, next unto Saynt Dunstones church, [?1549].⁂ One of only 2 recorded copies, the other located at Hatfield House (ESTC 92550). Unsurprisingly, no records for this edition at auction.Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.
Loudon (John Claudius) A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences... in Constructing or Improving Mansions and Other Rural Building, so as to Combine Architectural Fitness with Picturesque Effect, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 32 engraved plates, one double-page, one with overslip, binder's/errata leaf at end of vol.2, some spotting, mostly marginal, light offsetting, F1 in vol.1 defective at lower outer corner through paper flaw (not affecting text), original boards, uncut, a little worn, covers detached, 4to, 1806.
Pinet (Antoine du) Historia Plantarum, collation: a-z8 A-R8 aa-qq8, first edition, title within woodcut architectural border, numerous woodcuts of plants within text, title little wormed at head, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 16mo (120 x 70mm.), Lyons, Gabriel Cotier, 1561.⁂ One of the first pocket herbals. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.Literature: Hunt 85; Nissen 565; Pritzel 2539.
Surveying.- Fitzherbert (John) Surveyinge, collation: A-I8, (lacking final blank leaf I8), partly printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, early 20th century sprinkled calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, [STC 11014], 8vo, [?Printed by H. Wykes], 1567.⁂ Another scarce edition at auction, this copy fine and complete bar the final blank leaf.Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.
Surveying.- Fitzherbert (John) Surveyinge, collation: A-I8, (lacking final blank leaf I8), partly printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, a few ink annotations, modern morocco, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [STC 11014], 8vo, [?Printed by H. Wykes], 1567.⁂ Another copy of the preceding lot.Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.
Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro de Agricultura, collation: A6 B-Z8 Aa-Dd8, printed in gothic letter, title in red and black within architectural woodcut border also in red and black, woodcut device on final leaf, woodcut vignettes as chapter headings to final book, woodcut initials, 17th century inscription at foot of title, foxed and browned, some staining, mostly marginal, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, folio (298 x 191mm.), Medina del capo, Francisco del Canto, 1569.⁂ Very rare; no copy traced at auction since 1934 (and that defective).Provenance: Hugo de Languas and other members of the same family (17th century ink inscriptions to rear endpaper).Rothamsted acquisition date 1923.Literature: Adams H442.
Crescentiis (Petrus de) De Agricultura, collation: aa4 a-l8 A-L8, 180 leaves, text in 2 columns, 43 lines, type 3:108R, 9:81R, title with large woodcut of a farm, 39 smaller woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, small section of corners of title and final f. repaired, F5 lower corner repaired, some light marginal browning and finger-soiling, 4to (220 x 160mm.), [Venice], [Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca)], [MLCCCCV, but 31 May, 1495]. ⁂ A complete copy of this rare edition, institutional copies of which are often defective. The Ruralia commoda of 1495, the last 15th-century Venetian edition to appear, was printed by Matteo Capcasa from Codeca (near Parma), and is highly praised for its illustrative apparatus, including a large and very interesting woodcut on the first leaf showing a contemporary Italian farmstead. A number of the other vignettes illustrating the text were newly designed for this edition and depict different agricultural practices as well as architectural details and garden structures. The woodcut showing a scene in a garden, with a vine pergola in the background (Book VIII, ch. 2) is particularly noteworthy for its depiction of a typical pleasure garden of the Italian Renaissance. On the other hand, some vignettes illustrating the work are not related to the content, being re-issues of woodblocks executed for previous works from Capcasa's printing house, such as the Fior di virtù of 1490. This copy belongs to a small group with the date in the colophon misprinted as 'mlcccv'. Provenance: Rothamsted acquistion date 1934 (from the booksellers Davis & Orioli, with letters loosely inserted)Literature: ISTC ic00975000; HCR 5839; GW 7828; BMC V 486; IGI 3268; Goff C-975; Klebs 311.3; Essling 842; Sander 2235.
Estienne (Charles) and Jean Liebault and others. Fünffzehen bücher vom Feldbaw und recht vollkommener wolbestellung eines bekoemmlichen landsitzes und geschicklich angeordneten meyerhofes oder landguts, sampt allem was demselben nutzes und lusts halben anhaengig, translated by Johann Fischart, collation: ):( 6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Rrr6 Sss4, Gothic letter, title in red and black and within woodcut historiated architectural border, full-page woodcut portrait of Melchior Sebizi, woodcuts within text, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum stained green, central gilt arms to upper cover, lacking ties, gilt of arms tarnished, folio (328 x 208mm.), Strasbourg, Bernhard Jobin, 1587.⁂ Rare German translation of Estienne and Liebault's Maison rustique. Provenance: Ferdinand Hoffmann, Baron of Grünbüchl and Strechau (large engraved bookplate and arms to upper cover). Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.Literature: Not in Adams; VD 16 E4001.
Livestock.- Mascall (Leonard) The First Booke of Cattell, 3 parts in 1 vol., black letter, titles to parts 2 and 3 within woodcut architectural boarders (trimmed), lacking A7 and S8, title laid-down, damp-staining, first f. (blank) trimmed and restored with loss, several ff. remargined, a few wormed at outer margin, ink notes in a contemporary hand, blindstamp to title, bookplate, 20th century half calf, spine faded, [STC 17581], small 4to, Printed by Iohn Wolfe, and are to be solde by Iohn Harrison the elder, at the signe of the White Grayhound in Paules Churchyeard, 1591; sold not subject to return. ⁂ A rare edition in any condition, we can trace only 2 copies at auction including this one, the other was also defective.Provenance: Timothy Ellyots (ink ownership inscription); Francis Henry Cripps-Day (blindstamp and bookplate).Rothamsted acquisition date 1936.
Grapaldus (Franciscus Marius) De partibus aedium, collation: A-B8 a-s8 t4 (including final blank leaf), woodcut initials, small slip pasted to margin of i2, contemporary note of purchase (dated 1516) at head of title, some light water-staining towards end, endpapers from early manuscript on vellum, contemporary limp vellum, leather cross-stitching to spine, lacking ties, small 4to, Parma, Franciscus Ugoletus, 1506.⁂ Mostly of architectural interest, including sections on the garden, kitchen, library, fishpond, aviary and stables.Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.Literature: Adams G1007; Isaac 13847; EDIT 16 CNCE 21594. Provenance: Nicolaus Laurus de Captarnicis (ink inscription beneath colophon).
Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, fine engraved architectural title with figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, over 1,300 woodcut within text, penultimate f. with large woodcut printer's device on verso, final f. blank, some spotting, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, covers with central portraits, lacking clasps, lightly soiled, [Hunt 201; Nissen BBI 517], folio, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1616.⁂ The second and most definitive edition of Dodoens' 'last and most comprehensive botanical work' (Hunt). Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1917.
The Hours of Isabella d’Este, Use of Rome, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Florence), c. 1490] 240 leaves, text complete, wanting a single leaf before fol. 233 (probably with a miniature), collation: i12, ii11 (i a singleton with miniature), iii-xi10, xii11 (i a singleton with miniature), xiii-xvii10, xviii8, xix11 (i a singleton with miniature), xx-xxi10, xxii11(i a singleton with miniature), xxiii-xxiv8, catchwords, single column of 13 lines of a fine rounded gothic bookhand, headings in red and burnished gold, one-line initials in blue or burnished gold, 2-line initials in same with contrasting infill and penwork, each initial followed by ornate penwork capital, seven large illuminated initials formed of coloured leaves, with full borders of dense coloured foliage and bezants extending into three margins, five large historiated initials and borders by the Florentine brother-artists Gherardo and Monte di Giovanni del Fora (Gherardo producing the miniatures and Monte the decoration), each with full borders of foliage enclosing smaller miniatures within roundels, putti, birds and architectural features, and the first four of these facing four full-page miniatures also by the same artists, within full borders enclosing further miniatures within roundels, prayers added in italic hand at end, a few small holes (mostly repaired), edges trimmed affecting extremities of borders, slight scuffs and stains in places, else in excellent condition, 130mm. by 88mm.; binding of late nineteenth-century Parisian black morocco, with gilt inlaid with brown strapwork in entrelac style by Marius-Michel (either Jean Marius-Michel, 1821-1890, or his son and successor in the firm, Henri, 1846-1925), splitting along edges of spine, but solid in binding An exquisite Book of Hours, reflecting the very heights of Renaissance book production, and made for that period’s supreme female patron and art-collector; and almost certainly the last book connected with her or her court available on the market Provenance:1. Written and illuminated for Isabella d’Este (1474-1539), daughter of Ercole I d’Este, duke of Ferrara, and the wife of Francesco Gonzaga, marquis de Mantua: arms of Este and Gonzaga in the bas-de-page of the first illuminated double page opening, facing each other. She sat at the centre of a wide political network that encompassed almost all of Italy, with her father’s contacts in Rome, Naples and Venice, and her brother Alfonso’s marriages to Anna Sforza of Milan and then the infamous Lucrezia Borgia, the natural daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Her sister Beatrice married Ludovico ‘il Moro’ the Duke of Milan, and her sister-in-law became the Duchess of Urbino. She had a privileged and enlightened upbringing, and was encouraged from a young age to assert herself regardless of the male-centric world of Renaissance Italy. Ercole had all his children educated to the same high standard, and even as a youth she had her own substantial library rich in Classical texts and a complete presentation set of Aldines on parchment. Her husband lamented later in life “Havemo vergogna di avere per nostra sorte una mogliere che sempre vol fare di suo cervello” (‘we are chagrined at our fortune of having a wife who always wants to do things according to her own mind’), but seems to have secretly been pleased with a companion who would rule in his stead during his numerous absences from Mantua. She excelled in traditionally male arts, such as oratory and horse riding, and above all in art-collecting. She built a private museum in her apartments in the palace at Mantua, her studiolo, and pursued the greatest artists of the day to fill it with commissions from Mantegna, Raphael, Titian and Leonardo da Vinci (the last two both painting or sketching her portrait; Kenneth Clarke remarking of that by da Vinci, that the pose “must have influenced Venetian portraiture for the next ten years … in its ease and breadth [it] anticipates the Mona Lisa”), as well as a vast library and collection of sculpture and other valuable objects. She received literary tributes in works by Ariosto, Castiglione, Bandello, Bembo, Trissimo, and the diplomat and poet Niccolo da Correggio proclaimed her “la prima donna del mondo”. She has commanded the fascination of a modern audience and spawned a vast armada of modern writing on her and her collecting (see for example, E.P. Meyer, First Lady of the Renaissance: A Biography of Isabella d’Este, 1970, G.R. Marek, The Bed and the Throne: The Life of Isabella d’Este, 1976, D. Shemek, Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy, 1998, and D. Looney and D. Shemek, Phaethon’s Children: The Este Court and its Culture in Early Modern Italy, 2005, and references there). This jewel of a book was produced at about the same time as her marriage to Francesco Gonzaga, when she was only 16 years old. The principal patron of the two artists here was the great Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449-92), who retained Gherardo di Giovanni in his intimate household. Isabella knew Lorenzo personally, and he is recorded incidentally as sending other costly gifts to her at the time of her marriage. This book was most probably a wedding gift. It does not appear in the inventories of books in the walnut cabinets in her Studiolo (S. Campbell, The Cabinet of Eros, 2006, appendix 1, pp.270-79), and was perhaps kept for private devotions in her bedroom or chapel.2. Most probably passing to the infamous Cardinal Richelieu in the seventeenth century. The political connections and power of the Mantua dukes collapsed in the seventeenth century, and under the ineffectual leadership of Ferdinando Gonzaga (1587-1626), and Carlo di Gonzaga (1609-31) agents for King Charles I of England and Cardinal Richelieu negotiated the sale of the artworks in the main palace (the former getting Raphael’s Madonna of the Pearls and Mantegna’s series of nine paintings, The Triumph of Caesar, for 68,000 great ducats; the latter Mantegna’s Parnassus and Minerva, transferred to the Louvre in 1801). Richelieu was also a book collector, and took possession of much of Isabella’s library, probably explaining the French binding on the present manuscript. His library of 900 volumes was mostly transferred to the Sorbonne c.1660, with a small number of books re-emerging on the market in the second half of the nineteenth century: William Bragge owned one (his sale in Sotheby’s, 7 June 1876, lot 374), as did Eugene Piot (his sale in Paris, 23 April 1862, lot 348), followed by others from Isabella’s library, and perhaps with a shared provenance: a Philostratus, Imagines, made in the early sixteenth century, once in the Sneyd collection, was sold at Sotheby’s, 16 December 1903, lot 615, and a copy of elegies, made c. 1500, also from the Cartier family, was sold in their sale with Lefèvre and Guérin, 1 March 1962, lot 1.3. Louis Cartier (1875-1942), jeweller, perhaps acquired on 14 June 1921: pencil note on last endleaf; by descent to his son, Claude Cartier (1925-1975): his sale in Sotheby’s, Monte Carlo, 25-27 November 1979, lot 1296.4. Re-emerging in Sotheby’s, 5 December 2012, lot 23, and sold for £217,250 to the current owner.Text:The text comprises: a Calendar (fol.1r); the Hours of the Virgin, with Matins (fol.14r), Lauds (fol.29r), Prime (fol.46r), Terce (fol.52r), Sext (fol.58r), None (fol.63v), Vespers (fol.69v), and Compline (fol.79v); the Office of the Dead (fol.115r); the Penitential Psalms (fol.184r) and Litany; the Fifteen Gradual Psalms (fol.215r); and the Hours of the Cross (fol.233r) The library of Isabella d'Este: Only a tiny handful of books from this crucial Renaissance library are now traceable.
ƟNicolo Baldelli, Tractate on moral theology, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy (Rome), dated 1611] 312 leaves (plus an original endleaf at front and back, and including 13 blank leaves mostly at end), original foliation excluding contents list, frontispiece and associated leaves at front, textually complete, single column of approximately 33 lines in scrawling italic hand of Bartholomeus Mazzolinus (who names himself as the scribe at foot of the frontispiece, and dates the work there and at the end of the text “VII nonas Septemb. Anno MDCXI”), titles in larger script, first leaf of main text with penwork flowerheads at foot of recto and verso, frontispiece set within architectural frames in geometric penwork, small spots, else excellent condition, 195 by 132mm.; contemporary limp parchment binding with stubs of leather tags at edges Nicolo Baldelli was an important Jesuit writer of the sixteenth century. He issued the following study of the whole subject of moral theology while a lecturer in the Collegio Romano. It was not published until 1637, and until then circulated, as with this copy, in manuscript. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 24% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
J Bulgorone, London a mahogany stick barometer: the silvered plates having an inset thermometer and engraved with the usual barometer markings and the makers name J Bulgorone, Fecit, the mahogany case having a visible tube, fluted canted corners to the trunk, an opening door to the dial, a turned cistern to the base, and surmounted by an architectural pediment with a cast-brass finial, height 98cms.
A George III mahogany linen press:, the upper part having a later architectural moulded broken pediment with dentil ornament, fitted with sliding trays enclosed by a pair of moulded panel doors with husk and foliate scroll carved spandrels, the lower part containing two short and two long drawers, on moulded bracket feet, 138.5cm (4ft 8 1/2in) wide, 226cm (7ft 5in) high.
A Victorian bracket clock by Curtis & Horspool, Leicester, with ebonised case of domed architectural form, 8 day movement striking on twin coils, stamped 'W&H Sch 1', cast brass acorn finial, the textured brass dial applied with gilt spandrels, silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals, Slow/Fast dial above, pierced brass sides, raised on cast brass scroll feet, a/f some losses, 28 by 21 by 40cm high, with winder key, case key and pendulum.
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